The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-17

|can be had all over the Parish at gov
eminent price, $3.50 an ccre.
| Greek bottom lands, hammock lands,
almost as productive as alluvial lands,
can be had at from IS cents to SIS an
acre.
Some large tracts of land, within
some ten miles of Town, and belong
ing to the Citizens Bank, New Or
leans, have heen sub divided in so
acre lots, and are offered on long time
at $50 an acre.
What are the expenses of living in
Alexandra :
Good board and lodging at 81 per
weekday board at So per week
transient S1.5O per day-good meals
can be had as low as rs cents meal.
Country supplies are abundant and of
the best quality; butter, 20 cts, eggs,
Is cts. All vegetables and fruits are
at nominal prices and abundant
Rents are low, from SIS to SIS a month,
according to size Of residence and the
grounds surrounding it.
The market, one of the best sup
piled in the State, supplies meat at
from s to 10 cents per pound, accord
ing to quantity.
What about society, churches and
schools in Alexandria
The people of Alexandria have al
ways been noted for their urbanity,
liberality, hospitality and general good
department; they are essentially Co.'S
mopolitan, having in their midst rep
resentatives of nearly all civilized ma
tions. Alexandria is orderly and law
abiding.
The Alerandrians are, as a class,
polished and educated neither given
to cant or extreme opinions. The
stranger always receives from them
the most cordial reception.
| Alexandra has Catholic church,
an Episcopalian church, a Methodist
church, and a Jewish synagogue; all
have large aud influential congrega-
tons. 1t also has public schools for
both sexes, and a first-class young la
dies academy. There are also two or
three private schools we'll attended.
| What are the newspapers in Alex
andria?
The LOUISIANA DEMOCRAT and
the 1owm Talk, both weekly, of large
circulation and alive to the interests of
their Parish. The LOUISIANA DEMO
Graf is one of the oldest country pa
pers in the State.
What advantages are offered to the
emigrant hy Alexandria and Rapidcs
Parish Z
| No Parish in the State, and in fact
no section of the Union offer such adj
vantages to the emigrant.
Land, timber, water and climate are
here, all awaiting the emigrant.
1t is a well known fact that the i'm.
mense public domain of the Union has
disappeared. The Railroad monopo
lies, the politicians and the large for
eign syndicates have grabbed it. l
the pioneer of thirty years ago should
come back to life and take up hi.
march in search of location, he nigh
travel in vain. The boundary line.
and the fences of the land grabbers
would take him to the barren height!
Of the Rocky Mountains, and from
their SUBMITS looking still to the Yves
he would see them stretching to thu
Pacific.
Texas, the great point towards
which all emigration was tending, ha
f proven by years of drought that it
: capacity to support a large agricultn
' raj population is uncertain.
But here, within almost hearing o
; the surf of the sea, and within a day
+ travel from New Orleans, we hav,
still our public domain, and we hav'
, the timber, the water end the seasons
Thousands of acres are still opel
for homestead or presumption, and tn
t railroad is offering its grant lands a
/ So per acre.
On the alluvial lands, plantation
after plantations are offered at price
lower than government lands, dc
: Quoting the cost of clearing and i'm
Y provements.
In this age Of cooperative associa
> ton, colony forming a Homestea
" Association could buy one of our larg
: plantations and sub-divide it anon
themselves, so as to make the pric
j. low enough for any settler.
After an emigrant gets here whs
" does he need? Only stout arm t
. work and healthy brain to guide
. for God has placed at his hands all h
Is needs. The timber is here, the wate
a is here. the land onlv awaits his laho